Dave Lee

Dave Lee

@davelee.me

US technology columnist, Bloomberg Opinion. Based in New York. Previously FT and BBC. Watching Cambridge United from afar. dlee1285@bloomberg.net / Signal: davelee.01 / www.davelee.me

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Dave Lee
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So you're saying it should be a federal holiday so people with jobs can vote, JD?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: Why shouldn't Alaskans find it insulting that the administration is suggesting they can't read the word 'incumbent' on their ballot and know to vote for Sen. Sullivan? JD VANCE: People are busy. People have lives. People have jobs.

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STAT
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“'You Can See Everything' is a hilarious, thrilling, fascinating, beautiful piece of art. What it certainly is not is a documentary, and it’s dangerous to pretend that it is,” writes Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz. https://bit.ly/4Bk2nDJ

statnews.comI was a Theranos whistleblower. In ‘You Can See Everything,’ Elizabeth Holmes is still lyingA more accurate name would be “You Can See Everything That We Chose To Point The Camera At,”Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz writes.
Dave Lee
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Reminds of that killer David Mitchell football sketch. “This week, the GIANTS of Liverpool take on the TITANS of Manchester United…. Making them all seem normal sized.”

Daniel Knowles@dlknowles.bsky.social

I am just begging people writing about AI to think *one step ahead* and try to anticipate the actions of other humans. Three out of five of these AI agent "killer tasks" only work because *your* AI agent isn't yet up against *everyone else's AI agent*. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/t...

nytimes.comPut Your A.I. Agents to Work with These 5 Killer TasksWhen you start using Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s dots for these tasks — like applying for jobs and booking hard-to-get restaurant tables — you may never go back.
Dave Lee
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Muse is proving a bigger deal for me than ChatGPT. I think Tom is right on the money here — there’s an inflection point of consumers and their agents that’ll arrive very suddenly

Tom Loosemore @tomski.com

In which I share my anxiety that AI agents will arrive gradually, then all at once. Like bankruptcy. loosemore.com/2026/10/26/h...

loosemore.comHere be dragonsAs you know, I’m somewhat obsessed about the arrival of personal AI Agents, like Meta’s Muse. They’ve been a possibility that has excited me since I was an editor at Wired in the …
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Very sad -- it was doing terrific work.

Ben Mullin@benmullin.bsky.social

News: Rest of World, the nonprofit newsroom focused on the impact of technology outside the West founded by Sophie Schmidt, tells donors in an email it will “cease publishing as a standalone entity” at the end of January.

Dave Lee
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Little thread on why I think Muse has such potential for a massive audience — but only if interoperability survives. I saw this vid on TikTok recommending some menswear stores:

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Problem is, Google would much rather I used Gemini to do this. So the question is how long this sort of hand off will work between Meta and Google as the assistant race hots up.

Dave Lee
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Little thread on why I think Muse has such potential for a massive audience — but only if interoperability survives. I saw this vid on TikTok recommending some menswear stores:

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Muse pulls out the details. Then, using the browser, starts to build the list in Google Maps.

Dave Lee
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Cole Palmer needing to defy the laws of physics to avoid getting sent off there. Ridiculous

Dave Lee
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TIL AWS is being run like a hot new restaurant in the East Village

Techmeme@techmeme.com

Andy Jassy says AWS capacity for 2027 is "largely sold out" and a "good chunk" of 2028 capacity is also sold, though AWS reserves some capacity for on-demand (Catherine Perloff/The Information) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Dave Lee
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I got a bit of stick for this column in December 2025. But in the last quarter, Mark Zuckerberg: - Released new VR glasses - Projected he would lose $20bn on Reality Labs this year - Said he still believed in VR worlds www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

bloomberg.comZuckerberg Isn’t Giving Up on His Metaverse DreamA sense of smug satisfaction wafts across the internet whenever a report indicates Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse vision is in trouble. So it was last week when my colleague Kurt Wagner broke the news th...
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dell cameron@dell.bsky.social

NEW: Elon Musk gave his super PAC $76 million in just two weeks of October, and more than half of its new candidate spending went to one race: the Texas Senate fight against James Talarico. He’s now given more than $445 million this cycle, far more than he spent electing Trump.

wired.comElon Musk Just Dumped Another $76 Million Into the MidtermsThe trillionaire has given more than $445 million to Republican political groups this election cycle, as Democrats vow to investigate him.
Dave Lee
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Does it matter that many of the biggest tech newsletters are sponsored by tech companies?

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And RFK Jr's entire family begged him to leave politics

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Remember when Pete Hegseth's mom wrote him a letter telling him he was a misogynistic POS?

Dave Lee
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When did people in the UK start using “inclement weather” when “rain” would do fine? Did it start with the train stations?

Dave Lee
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The skill of a journalist isn't knowing everything, it's knowing how to communicate the insight of those who do

Joe Tidy BBC News@joetidy.bsky.social

I am not - and have never claimed to be - a coder or cyber security practitioner. Cyber is my reporting beat but I am still just a reporter and I am learning every day. Thanks to all the genuine cyber experts who have been helping me navigate this story over the last 48hrs - I'm grateful as ever!

Dave Lee
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Instinct (the AI agentic assistant) just pinged me to remind me I had 10 invites remaining. Slowing growth?

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Harry McCracken
@harrymccracken.com

Incredibly, this ad appears to be real. The tech industry still has no idea how to market AI in a way that doesn’t feel skeevy.

KetAnthropic JoshAI@ketanjoshi.co

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

Dave Lee
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well he certainly looks like he comes from Sleaford

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com

Elton John’s longtime lyricist releases his first solo album in decades, and it’s a distinctive, Nashville-produced collection infused with mood and memory. on.wsj.com/4dPTIyN

on.wsj.com‘The Sea Has No Mercy’ Review: Bernie Taupin Sings for HimselfElton John’s longtime lyricist releases his first solo album in decades, and it’s a distinctive, Nashville-produced collection infused with mood and memory.
Dave Lee
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Interesting detail in this Meta call too on how they've made content more addictive. The AI now considers what *sequence* of Reels will keep you hooked in the most, rather than just the likelihood of each clip taken in isolation

Dave Lee
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Zuckerberg on Meta call on Muse costs: "Muse is very compute intensive to run, but we expect to improve its cost efficiency by more than 10x in the next year, which will enable it to be profitable once the revenue lines are at scale." Translation: This is costing us a bomb

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But it's important to remember Elon's achievements

Toby Buckle@polphilpod.bsky.social

i don't think we can come to a reasonable compromise with this

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Jason Koebler
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A woman went to jail because someone used her stolen SSN/personal details to open a Cash App account. That scammer then committed fraud using that account, so she's been blamed for it. The woman can't get details from Cash App bc they say the account isn't hers www.404media.co/amanda-smith...

404media.coSomeone Opened a CashApp In Her Name. She Faces Years in PrisonAmanda Smith spent three nights in jail after a Facebook Marketplace scam led to a CashApp account in her name. She says she didn't make it.
Dave Lee
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Used Linkedin's AI proofread feature for a post. It missed a typo but corrected my styling of "LinkedIn" 👍👍👍👍

Dave Lee
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There goes the neighborhood. Welcome @bobbyallyn.bsky.social

Bobby Allyn@bobbyallyn.bsky.social

After nearly 8 years at NPR, I’m excited to share that I’m going to Bloomberg to help lead coverage of the prediction market industry. I’ll be joining their mighty crypto and prediction market team, which has long been doing really impressive work for @business and @BW. I start just after midterms.